Democratic Party of Indonesia

The Democratic Party is a centrist political party in Indonesia, founded in 2001 by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The party was formed as a vehicle for Yudhoyono to become a possible leader of Indonesia after his good performance in the vice presidential election of 2001, and it won 57 of 560 seats in the DPR in 2004, finishing in fifth place with 7.5% of the vote. At its height in 2009, the party held 150/560 DPR seats.